"I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.'"

-- Brian Ferneyhough

#Gmos Quotes #Musical Quotes #Variation Quotes

“Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation.”
“The only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again.”

Source : John Henry Jowett (1916). “The Whole Armour of God”
“Young guys should focus on maintaining their football position. Coaches always say the lowest guy wins. I'm a taller guy and a bigger guy, but because I'm always in a great football position is why I think I'm able to get away from guys still. It gives me a chance to recover.”
“There is something very nice about coming to New York and how everyone smiles - even if they don't mean it. When I go back home to London and say hello to people, they look at me like I'm crazy.”
“And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-lamps in the town.”

Source : Frank Dempster Sherman (1917). “The Poems of Frank Dempster Sherman”
“Protecting people from the truth is another way of shutting them out.”

Source : Blaize Clement (2009). “Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery”, p.141, Macmillan
“One set at extreme intensity does the muscle-building job. It must be stressed that the one final, all-out set I do takes me to the very limit of my capabilities. If you feel you can attempt a second set, then you couldnâ€™t have been pulling out all the stops during the first set.Â It's not pretty, but it works.”
“I promise to love and cherish you, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth,in the bad that may darken our days, in the good that may light our way. Tirzah, beloved, I promise to be true to you in all things until I die. And even beyond that, God willing”

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